L-R: Bhaskar Vira, Meike Ziervogel, Jane Mann, Marianne Moukhtara, Patrick Derham
Cambridge University Press & Assessment (Cambridge) and the NGO Alsama Project have pledged to collaborate on a new qualification for refugees and displaced young people, to be rolled out in Nigeria and worldwide.
According to the organisation, the new G12++ qualification is designed to tackle the education crisis faced by displaced youth excluded from university, training and employment, providing them with a recognised pathway to further education and skilled employment.
Nigeria is home to 3.6 million forcibly displaced people, according to UNHCR data. Globally, there are 117.3 million forcibly displaced people, including 49 million displaced children.
Only 9 percent of refugees around the world attend higher education, compared with an average of 42 percent among the global population. Millions of talented young people are locked out of higher education and skilled work, not through lack of ability, but lack
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